SOUTHERLY CHANGE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 64, 13 September 1939, Page 8

SOUTHERLY CHANGE

COLD AND WET

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Moderate to fresh southerly winds.

Weather dull, cold, and wet.

The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for moderate to fresh westerly to southerly winds. The weather along the east coast from Canterbury northward, will be dull and at times misty, with further rain probable. Elsewhere it will be changeable with passing showers, although improving temporarily in Westland. Temperatures will be cold, with snow oo the higher levels, and some inland frosts are likely tonight in Canterbury and Otago.

A complex depression has been crossing the country, the principal centre now lying to the south-east of Cook Strait. Winds yesterday were moderate to strong, with northerlies in most places. A change to southerlies, however has advanced from southern districts and this morning had reached as far north as Cook Strait. Over the North Island a change to westerlies occurred last night. Rain developed yesterday in scattered places, especially in the south, but by this morning it was raining in practically every district, although conditions were improving in Taranaki and Auckland. There have been some heavy falls, Greymouth and Arthur's Pass both having had over two inches, and Russell and Karamea an inch. Cold temperatures have followed the southerly change.

Auckland's weather yesterday was dull with a fresh northerly wind. Rain totalling 36 points fell last night, but the weather this morning was clearing, the wind then being a moderate westerly. Yesterday's maximum and minimum temperatures were 61.6 and 51 degrees respectively.

Wellington had a dull day with only three hours of sunshine. A strong and squally northerly wind prevailed, several gusts having a velocity of oves 50 miles an hour. Occasional rain fell after midday, but when the wind changed to the south at 8 a.m. today steady-rain set in. Up to 9 a.m. 63 points had been recorded at Kelburn. Temperatures yesterday ranged between 56.2 degrees and 44.4 degrees

In Christchurch a y strong northerly wind turned to the south-west in the early evening, since when rain totalling 28 points has fallen. Yesterday's weather was cloudy and mild, the maximum temperature being as high as 68.6 degrees. But since last evening temperatures have become cold, 37 degrees being the minimum recorded last night.

The wind. in Dunedin changed to the south-west during the morning, and intermittent rain totalling 60 points has since fallen.